Gentofte Municipality | ||
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Municipality | ||
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Country | Denmark | |
Region | Capital Region | |
Seat | Charlottenlund | |
Government | ||
• Mayor | Hans Toft (C) | |
Area | ||
• Total | 25.54 km2 (9.86 sq mi) | |
Population (1 April 2014) | ||
• Total | 74,548 | |
• Density | 2,900/km2 (7,600/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
Municipal code | 157 | |
Website | www |
Gentofte Kommune is an affluent and wealthy upperclass municipality (Danish, kommune) in the Capital Region of Denmark (Region Hovedstaden) on the east coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 25.54 km2 (9.86 sq mi), and has a total population of 74,548 (1 April 2014). Since 1993, its mayor has been Hans Toft, a member of the Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti).
The municipality is an amalgamation of three formerly independent towns, and several other local settlements, all close to one another. The site of its municipal council is in Charlottenlund. The three original town were Gentofte, Vangede and Ordrup. Other areas that are included in Gentofte Municipality are Tuborg, Skovshoved, Dyssegård, Hellerup, Jægersborg, and Klampenborg.
Neighboring municipalities are Lyngby-Taarbæk to the north, Gladsaxe to the west, and Copenhagen to the south. To the east is the Øresund, the strait that separates Zealand from Sweden.
Gentofte municipality was not merged with other municipalities in the 1 January 2007 nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007).